Express-Times File PhotoBlairstown Township police are searching for a Bangor man who ran across Route 94 after being found with brass knuckles and a switch blade, according to reports.

New Jersey police are looking for a Bangor man who escaped from authorities Friday after busting through a wooden fence and running across Route 94.

Blairstown Township
police are looking for Jason Noguerol, 31, of the 100 block of North Eighth Street, who ran from Water and
Douglas streets soon after police spotted brass knuckles
and a switchblade on the center console of his vehicle, police said.

Police stopped Noguerol about 8 p.m. after receiving reports of a suspicious vehicle in the area. His
passenger, John P. Makar, 43, of Blairstown
Township, attempted to conceal an
open bottle of alcohol in his pocket as police approached, according to
reports.

Both men were asked to step from the car, and Noguerol ran away as police checked his license, according to reports. Police chased him through a property on Douglas
Street, but lost sight of him after he
crashed through a wooden fence and ran across Route 94, police said.

Police issued a warrant for Noguerol on charges of
obstructing law enforcement, eluding arrest, two counts of possession of a
prohibited weapon, driving while suspended and additional motor vehicle
violations.

Makar, of the first block of Water
Street, also tried to escape while police chased Noguerol, but he was taken
into custody after a brief struggle, according to police. Police charged him with having an open container
in a motor vehicle, obstructing law enforcement and resisting arrest.

Makar was
released without bail.

As police were chasing Noguerol, they discovered a group of teenagers, ages 15 to 17, smoking marijuana from "a large bong" near a trash bin behind the Blairstown
Township Fire Hall, according to reports

Police determined that a female juvenile found unconscious in a nearby car was under the influence of alcohol and
an unknown narcotic, and that an unconscious male juvenile as under the influence of ecstasy, according to police. Both were taken to the hospital but have since been released, Losey said.

Authorities recovered a bag of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and two empty
marijuana bags, according to reports. The five
juveniles face several drug charges.